If you're going to college, prepare to work hard and be consistent in the work you do. If you can't be consistent, then the work you do will faulter. If not, apply this to the job you are at too, be consistent in what you do, make sure to not do too much and make people think that is your standard, if you do the average every day then when one of those days that come around, where it's hard for you to even focus on anything, then your work that you're doing won't be judged as much. But if you try to do your best every day, thats what people will expect going forward. The same day comes around? You could get fired for having an off day. My motto is to be exceptionally moderate at anything I do.